CARAVAGGIO (b. 1571, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) |
Lute Player (detail)c. 1596Oil on canvas The Hermitage, St. Petersburg | ||
The open song book depicts the composition of Jacques (Jacob) Arcadelt, the bass voice of a popular madrigal Voi sapete ch ['io v'amo] (you know that [I love you]). The inscription can be read as "Gallus" or "Bassus".
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